Billy Nomates (Victoria Ann "Tor" Maries) is a U.K. punk/indie/new wave/pop songwriter, whom I first became aware of with her feature on Sleaford Mods' "Mork n Mindy". I became a quick-fan, and have enjoyed everything she has released so far. Today marks the release of her 3rd full-length album, 'Metalhorse', which is in large part a concept album/theme about the "carnival", and more metaphorically the carnival of life itself.
Her sound is often compared to a whirlpool of 80's influences, with my overall opinion that she is a glorious pairing of (mostly post) punk and pop. And this is coming from someone who would rather listen to myself falling down stairs than most anything dubbed 'pop punk'; the difference here is that Nomates does an amazing job of never leaning too far in either direction, often leading you on a detour of synthy new wave (notably Hugh Cornwell contributes on "Dark Horse Friend") or moody ballad.
Definitely check out the rest of her discography if you like what you hear. Her debut album is probably the most punk prevalent of the three, with an overall dynamic range exhibited across/within all her releases. She also recently did the soundtrack to the theater play of Mary & The Hyenas.
Definitely check out the rest of her discography if you like what you hear. Her debut album is probably the most punk prevalent of the three, with an overall dynamic range exhibited across/within all her releases. She also recently did the soundtrack to the theater play of Mary & The Hyenas.
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